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Lucknow: Members of two communities clashed in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh after India defeated Pakistan in the World Cup 2015 group match, police said on Monday.
Cricket supporters from a community were angry after some Indian cricket team fans started bursting crackers and danced on the roads. Some youths started...

There was something different about Virat Kohli at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday. Actually, there were several things different about him at a venue that he can now claim to have made his own with a third international ton in three innings this Australian summer.
For one thing, the lynchpin of...

Fans from India and Pakistan exchanged blows at Sydney's Merrylands RSL Club on Sunday evening after India beat Pakistan in an ICC World Cup 2015 match in Adelaide.
Groups of fans from either side had gathered to watch the live broadcast of the match that was played at the Adelaide Oval....

Adelaide/Islamabad: Pakistan's jinx against India at cricket World Cup continued on Sunday with their heavy defeat in Adelaide, making it 6-0 in favour of India and prompting angry Pakistani fans to take to streets and burn TV sets.
India's arch-rivals have now lost to India for the sixth time in 50...

Adelaide: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said "a bit of pressure was off" the defending champions' shoulders after they started their campaign in the cricket World Cup with a 76-run win over arch-rivals Pakistan.
The match at Adelaide Oval was seen as one of the most anticipated in the...

There was no shortage of atmosphere at an Adelaide Oval packed to the rafters. Drums beat rhythmically, horns blared out loud and clear, there was singing and dancing, with the promise of a party to follow post sundown.
The special atmosphere perforce dictated a special performance. Virat Kohli has played several...

'Taxi Drivers versus Bus Conductors.' Big banner, large text. As unmissable, really, as it was unflattering. That was at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1985, when India and Pakistan squared off in the final of the World Championship of Cricket, gate-crashing into the Australian party during the 150-year anniversary...

TOSS: India opted to bat.
Quick Preview: It's a Sunday. The streets are going to be deserted, but not all the people will be at home. A little under 55,000 will be at the Adelaide Oval. Over 1.2 billion in India and around 183 million in Pakistan will in some way...

The first day of the 11th ICC World Cup was full of drama. On one side we saw the first hundred and hat-trick of the tournament in the lung opener itself, and on the other young England batsman James Taylor was denied a well-deserved century due to an umpiring error.
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The India-Pakistan rivalry goes way beyond the boundaries of the cricket field. Pool B of the World Cup gets under way with a match at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday that many players and supporters of both countries consider just as important as the final.
Building up to the cricket's version...

It's a Sunday. The streets are going to be deserted, but not all the people will be at home. A little under 55,000 will be at the Adelaide Oval. Over 1.2 billion in India and around 183 million in Pakistan will in some way be connected to Australia. Drawing rooms,...

New Delhi: A veteran of six World Cups, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday said the semi-final against Pakistan in 2011 was the most high-pressure game he has played but his best match remains the clash with the arch-rivals in 2003 edition of the marquee tournament.
"It (Mohali World Cup semi-final...

Abu Dhabi: Pakistan will find it difficult to get rid of the psychological barrier of losing to India in World Cups when they clash in their opening match, according to former pacer Aaqib Javed.
"It is to do with the psyche and, unfortunately, it has lived with us during the World...

Millions of fans across the globe couldn't have asked for a better start to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 than a mouth-watering India vs Pakistan clash. It is like a final before the final, not only for fans but also for both teams. The ICC has perfectly slotted this...

Come Sunday, the eyes of the cricket world will be trained on the Adelaide Oval, and one of the most eagerly anticipated clashes in World Cup cricket. No matter the personnel and the make-up of both teams, this is a match designed to set the pulse racing. It has over...

New Delhi: In his sprawling farmhouse at Jamnagar in Gujarat, Ravindra Jadeja is often seen riding one of his four horses without even a saddle.
The 26-year-old all-rounder brings the same insouciance into the cricket field -- whether he is bowling, batting or running backwards chasing a skier.
He wears it like...

MS Dhoni may rank Stuart Binny as the best seam-up allrounder in India, but the Karnataka man doesn't find a place in People's India XI for the team's World Cup opener against traditional rivals Pakistan on Sunday.
In a survey conducted by Cricketnext, asking people to predict the playing XI India...

Crackerjack, humdinger, whopper, smash hit. No dearth of synonyms to describe an India vs Pakistan clash irrespective of the stage it graces. But in the two cricket-mad nations, the day these two countries meet around the 22-yard strip, deserted streets resemble a state of curfew until fireworks go off on...

Adelaide: When India plays Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup, it's no cliche when both captains say they're not looking beyond their first game of the tournament.
World Cup organisers are tipping Indo-Pak VI to draw the biggest television audience for a cricket match when the teams meet on Sunday in...

Adelaide: Dapper on the ground either with the big gloves on, or in front of the stumps playing the most outrageous of shots, or, now, even in retirement. Moin Khan, currently Pakistan's chairman of selectors, was a man much in demand on Friday (February 13) during his team's training session...

Adelaide: The World Cup may start Feb 14 but for the Indian sub-continent the tournament will well and truly begin a day after when defending champions India face traditional rivals Pakistan in a Group B match at the Adelaide Oval.
The two neighbours have a rich history of fierce battles on...

New Delhi: Retired great Sachin Tendulkar says Sunday's World Cup game against Pakistan could pose a challenge to the Indian team that is bigger than even playing in the final.
Tendulkar told the Headlines Today news channel on Thursday that the pressure of playing rival Pakistan is always heightened, and said...

Adelaide: India's location for the practice session here on a sunny Thursday morning was nothing short of scenic. The team took full advantage and went about their regular routine with the normal stretches and warm-ups before they walked out to the nets to prepare for the all-important World Cup tie...

Sydney: Pakistan have found some momentum ahead of the World Cup but have not settled on their best line-up for their tournament opener against champions India this weekend, coach Waqar Younis said.
Victories over Bangladesh and England this week have given the 1992 champions a real surge of confidence going into...

Afghanistan have played 45 One-Day Internationals in the past six years, and have won 24 of them. But only six of those matches have come against the full-member countries, four of them at the Asia Cup in Bangladesh last year. The gulf in standards between the established nations and the...